Snow bemoveb



19 19 H. b. cum-l5 y 19. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet z lvllllllg Reiscued Nov. 19, 1929 UNITED STATES PA N OFFICE HARRY D. CURTIS, OI OSKKOSH, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'I'O DANIEL WANDSOEEER,

GER-BIT vWAIN'DSGREEK, JACOB WANDSCHEER, AN D BEN SIOUX CENTER, IOWA Original m 1,eaa,a1o, dated April a, 1921, Serial no. 562,155, filed May 19, 1922. Application for reissue WANDSCHEER, ALL OF snow Remover.

filed October 5, 1928. Serial No. 310,650.

v mechanism in relation to the track or road surface.

, This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to

be hereinafter-fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,.and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the truck construction and showing a snow removing apparatus associated therewith.

Figure 2 is atop plan view. I Figure. 3 is a transverse sectional View 1 taken throughthe frame of the truck.

be employed and any other suitable means may be substituted-for the-fan.

Figure 4 is a detail View of one of the crank arms which support the respective ends of the truck body.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectlonal view of the snow removin apparatus.

I Referring to t e drawings,

in which is arranged any suitable snow handling mechanism. In the form illustrated,

the casing contains upper and lower spiral conveyors 3' and 3 formed of left and right screw parts that function to move the snow inwardly from the outer ends of the casing and pass into a' centrally'arranged rear casing 7 containing the fan 8'. It will be understood thatmore'than two conveyors may The conveyors may also be arranged on an angle with the receiving end in advance of the delivery end. The conveyor shafts are conthe snow re moving' apparatus includes a casing 18 withnected by a chain and sprocket drive, one of said shafts being driven from the fan shaft by the gear B. p

The snow removing mechanism is supported upon the front end of a suitable frame 17. The sides of the frame are connected to a shaft 19 mounted upon a main vehicle frame,

= well known road type when the mechanism is to be used upon a road. Crank members 22 are mounted upon each end of the frame 20, the ends of such cranks being slidablyconnected as at 23 with the frame 17. The power plant 24 for operating the fan and conveyors is located upon the rear end of the frame 17 and on the opposite side of pivot shaft 19. The frame 17 is tilted about the shaft 19 by, means of the Windlass 24' and the cable 24, said cable .being attached to the rear end of the vehicle frame 20. The weight of the power plant approximates that oft-he snow handling mechanism and the front end of the frame 17 and thus relieves the strain on the cable 24. By means of the .windlass and cable: the frame 17 can be easily and expeditiously adjusted relative to the vehicle frame 20 so as to regulate the position of the snow handling mechanism relative to the road surface. The

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and "novel features of the invention will be readily apparent. It should be vunderstood that I may 'make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts providing that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is:

1.. A snow remover comprising a vehicle having a main frame, a transversely disposed fulcrum member carried by said frame intermediate theends thereof, a. secondary frame rockably supported intermediate its ends by v fir,

said fulcrum member, a rotary snow plow means for guiding thesecondary frame dur mounted at one end of the secondary frame, in its rocking movement. v

n testimony whereof, I have hereunto set power means at the opposite end of said secondaryframe for drivlng said snow plow,- and means for rocking the secondary frame about the fulcrum member to varythe height of the snow plow with respect to the ground.

. 2. A snow remover comprisingra vehicle having a main frame, a secondary ame rock- 'ably supported upon said main frame intermediate its ends, a power-operated rotary my signature.

. snow plow mounted at one end of the secv ondary frame, a power plant mounted at the opposite, end of said secondary frame in such manner as to counterbalance the weight of the snow plow,'driving connections between the power plant and the plow, and means for adustably rocking the secondary frame with respect to the main frame. to vary the height I of the snowplow above the ground.

3. A snowremover comprising a vehicle having a main frame, a secondary frame rockably supported upon said main frame intermediateits ends, a snow plow mounted at one end of the secondary frame, a power plant mounted upon the opposite endpf the secondary frame in such a manner as to counterbalance the weight of the snow plow, .o means for adjustably rocking the secondary frame with respect to the main frame to vary the height of the snow plow above the ground, f and.a crank provided on at least one end of the vehicle, said crank having one portion journaled in the main frame and the other received in a portion of the secondary frame.

4. A snow plow of the character described comprising a wheeled vehicle, a frame pivotally secured midwa the ends of the vehicle, bearings secure to the frame and ve-. hicle respectively, cranks having their upper ends pivoted in the bearings of t ceived in the bearings of the vehicle, a snow removing apparatus fixed vto the front of the frame, a motorfor drivin the snow 'remov-- in'g apparatus and also a apted to counter-.

balance the weight thereof, and a Windlass associated with the rear end of the frame and vehicle respectively totilt the frame on its opposite end of thesecondary framein such a pivot for adjustably associating the snow removing-ap aratus with respect to the ground in front 0 the vehicle.- v r '5. A snow plow comprising a vehicle havin a main frame, a secondary-frame rockab y supported upon said main frame intermediate its ends, a' power-operated rotarysnow plow mounted at one end of the p e frame and the lower portions of said cranks being reondary frame, a power plant mounted at the manner as to" counterbalance the weight of the snow' plow, driving connections between respect 't'o'the main frame to vary the. 

